Effect of early or delayed insertion of tympanostomy tubes for persistent otitis media on developmental outcomes at the age of three years

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 344, Issue 16, 2001, Pages 1179-1187

  Pardise, Jack L ^a,b   Feldman, Heidi M ^a,b,c   Campbell, Thomas F ^b,c   Dollaghan, Cheristine A ^c   Colborn, D Kathleen ^b   Bernard, Beverly S ^a,b   Rockette, Howard E ^d   Janosky, Janine E ^a   Pitcairin, Fayna L ^b   Sabo, Diane L ^b,c   Kurs Lasky, Marcia ^d   Smith, Clyde G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYRINGOTOMY; NEWBORN; OTITIS MEDIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SECRETORY OTITIS MEDIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE;

AUDIOMETRY; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE EAR VENTILATION; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPEECH; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035912155     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM200104193441601     Document Type: Article

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